Brush-handle.



E. MABDBR.

BRUSH HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, 1909.

Pate med Apr. 27, 1909 INVENTOR. Edward Naeder' -BY f mu. "TTTORNEY.

UNIT Til EDWARD MAEDER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BRUSH-HANDLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 29, 1909.

Patented April 2'7, 1909.

Serial No. 475,025.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD M AEDER, citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Brush- Handles, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in brushhandles; and itconsists in the novel details of construction more fully set forth inthe specification and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side eleva tion of my invention showingthe brush in end view, and showing the handle in two distinct positions(one of them being shown in dotted lines) Fig. 2 is a view of the top ofthe brush and handle; Fig. 8 is a cross section on line 3 view of thehandle, with brush swung its full extent outwardly.

The present invention is specially applicable in connection withbrushes, brooms, and the like intended for cleaning and sweeping floors,ceilings, walls, furniture and the like, and has for its object toprovide a handle or rather a joint or connection between the handle andbrush to enable the operator to reach into out of the way places likecorners, on top of high pieces of furniture, ledges, and the like whichcan not be successfully accomplished by a brush fixed to one position onthe handle.

The advantages of the invention will be best apparent from a detaileddescription thereof which is as follows:

Referring to the drawings, B represents a conventional form of brush,and H a handle or stick therefor. To the back of the brush is secured asocket S, the same being formed with a bottom wall secured to the brushand with two side walls having edges curved in the arcs of circlesconcentric with the axis of oscillation of the handle H. The handle ispivoted between the side walls of the socket, being secured by a splitpin a by the removal of which the handle may be removed and renewed. Thebase of the handle within the socket is preferably protected by a shieldor plate 1 as shown, the oscillation of the handle in one directionbeing limited by a bridgepiece 2 connecting the side walls of the socketat the upper outer corners as shown.

Formed along the curved edges of the side 3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is abottom walls of the socket S are a series of slits or recesses 3disposed radially to the arc of oscillation of the handle, the latterbeing provided with an adjustable locking plate 4 having an innerguiding tongue 5 operating between the socket walls. The terminal edgeof the plate on each side of the base of the tongue engages the slits 3thus locking the handle against oscillation, the slits on the two wallsof the socket being in alinement so as to engage the opposite sides ofthe plate simultaneously. The plate is provided with an elongated oening 8 through which passes a screw threac ed stem 6 which receives anut 7 by which the plate may be clamped to the handle when inserted intoany pair of slits 3. The outer end of the plate is provided with anoutwardly-turned lip or flange 8 by which it may be manipulated. Uponthe retraction of the plate 4 from any pair of slits 3, the handle H maybe adjusted to any desirable angle with reference to the brush, and whenso adjusted the plate is shoved into the slits or recesses which happento be opposite thereto for such angular adjustment, and the handle isthus locked in its new position. Thus any angular adjustment may beeffected between the handle H and the brush B, and the operator may thususe the brush to sweep or clean in corners and places otherwiseinaccessible. As shown the brush may be rotated about the axis of thehandle through an arc of not less than ninety degrees.

Having described my invention, what I claim is In combination with abrush, a socket secured to the brush-back and provided with lateralwalls having curved edges which are provided with a series of radialslits disposed along the edges, a handle pivoted between the walls ofthe socket, a locking plate on the handle adjustable to and from thesocket and provided with an inner terminal guide tongue operatingbetween the slotted walls of the socket, the inner end of the plate oneither side of the base of the tongue being adapted to engage the slitsin the socket walls, and means for clamping the plate to the handle.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ED'WARD MAEDER.

W'itnesses:

EMIL STAREK, Jos. A. MIOHEL.

